Combined Pokemon Solo Challenge Thread

[kevcrash]

Gonna do Rapidash
Red/Silver/Emerald/Diamond

 

[boomerjp]

Hey all, just joined these forums after my brother recommended it.

First post, but I am going to do a solo run of Red with Venusaur. Not too original I know, but then I don't have to hack for a starter.

Spoiler:

So, this is a bit late on the post, but at the moment I have 5 badges, and I just got into Saffron City. The Fighting Dojo, Team Rocket, and Giovanni will soon be taken care of. I'll update before Victory Road.

My Team:
Bubba (Venusaur) L54
Razor Leaf
Double Edge
Leech Seed
Body Slam

Dux (Farfetch'd) L5 (HM Slave)
Moves:
Peck
Sand Attack
Fly
Cut

 

[boomerjp]

So, I am finished. I have to say, Venusaur is rather HAX with 100% critical Razor Leaf. Kinda makes up for the fact that there is no grass move on par with Thunder/Hydro Pump/Blizzard etc. but still is way OP. I'm probably going to replay either Yellow or LG with a different starter for Gen I, as this was pretty easy.

Final Update, Sliph Co. - Earth Badge

Spoiler:

We last met when I was about to tackle Saffron City. I grab a few Fresh Waters and Lemonades from the Celadon Dept. Store vending machines and head out to the guard post outside of Saffron City. I stroll in, hand over a drink to the very thirsty guard, who proceeds to allow me entry into the city. I run up to the gym to claim my sixth badge, but there is a suspiciously familiar man standing in front of the door, blocking my way! Damn Team Rocket and their stupid plans for world domination...

Next, I head next door to find a few trainers and a Master of the fighting-type. His pathetic Hitmonchan/Lee are no match for my OP Razor Leaf attacks, and go down with a whimper. I claim my prize, Hitmonlee, which I name Scrappy, and subsequently deposit into the PC in the nearby Pokemon Center.

I wander around town, pick up a TM from a guy who seems rather in a hurry to get rid of it (bad luck for him, good luck for I). Bubba can't use it though :(
Finally I come across a TR member standing outside a building, and take a look inside. It turns out that Sliph Co. has been taken over by Team Rocket. Bah! 20+ battles later (with multiple heals on the ninth floor for PP restore), I make my way to the Executive office. And of course, ASH (My rival) is waiting there for me...seriously? Go kick Giovanni's ass first before dealing with me, c'mon...

So, after whooping him (Streak of OHkOs is getting insane by now) he runs off to god knows where to train more, and I get a shiny new Lapras from the guy watching the battle (Does anyone here care that a criminal organization has taken over the building?) which ends up as my Strength/Surf HM slave. I jaunt on over to the CEO's room, interrupt their "meeting" and Giovanni challenges me to a battle. With an Onix/Rhyhorn he ain't gonna do much against Bubba. 4 OHkOs later, I claim a Sliph Scope and Master Ball.

I seem to be getting a bit wordy, but that is my favorite part in all of Gen I. After that battle, I head out to Lavender Town, grab the Poke Flute and kill Snorlax on the way to Fuchsia City, defeat Koga, then Sabrina, and grab Surf/Strength along the way. At this point, I am still one-shotting everything with Body Slam or Razor Leaf. After Surfing down to Cinnabar Island, I explore the Pokemon Mansion (The notes there are pretty cool for a side story. Brings back fond memories of going to see the first Pokemon Movie in theaters :D) and grab the key to the Gym in the basement.

This Gym is easy, as most fire-types used are non-evolved here (Lots of this in R/B unfortunately) even Blaine has a Ponyta and Growlithe. All died to critical Razor Leaf and/or Body Slam (for evolved forms).

After claiming my seventh badge, I fly back to Viridian for a battle with the unknown leader. This is by far my favorite Gym (Love the spinning, spinning, spinning...) but as Bubba has a huge type advantage, it was cake to breeze through this. Off to Victory Road!

To be continued in next spoiler tab.

Final Update Pt. 2, Victory Road and E4

Spoiler:

I run over to start my journey to Victory Road, when ASH appears for a final test before the Elite Four. Body Slam/Razor Leaf omnomnomnomnom...you know the story. The original Victory Road is the coolest dungeon out of all the games, mostly because of Moltres hanging out here. The legendary bird nets a cool 1550 exp for my Bubba. Funny story here though. I ran out of PP for all my moves about halfway through the cave, and I wanted to save my Elixir for the E4. I killed the rest of the trainers AND Moltres with Struggle (lol). Fortunately, Moltres didn't have any good attacks other than Fire Spin (Which almost killed me anyways) and Bubba survived with a paltry 12/220+ HP left. Recoil damage is a *****.

After pushing boulders around for a while, Lapras got tired so I put him and Dux in my PC to prepare for the Elite Four! Bubba was L72 at this point, but Lorelei is a pushover, as all but 1 of her pokemon are water type (Jynx still got OHkO'd with Razor Leaf though :p). Bruno was cake too, with 2 Onix and the rest have low Special. Agatha was a little tricky, as I have no move that normally affects ghost/poison types. Sleep Powder owned Gengar/Gengar. Haunter got off a L55 Night Shade, but that was it for damage really. I used almost all of my Razor Leaf PP on this fight alone, so I used my lone Max Ether to boost it to max before Lance.

Lance was easy too, even a Hyper Beam from Gyrados/Aerodactyl wasn't enough to seriously damage Bubba, at L79 now, due to a few extra Rare Candy I had lying around. Gyrados - Body Slamx2, Dragonairx2 - Razor Leaf/Body Slam, Aerodactyl - Razor Leafx2, and Dragonite - Body Slamx2. Lance Defeated!

Oh, woe is me, I was here too late! ASH got here first and defeated them already (not that I am surprised, E4 is weak in Gen I) So now it's time to whip that pretty boy for the last time. I don't think he can accept that one OP Pokemon is better than 6 awesome ones.

To make a short story even shorter, L79-L80 Bubba pwned his team and earned a rightful place in the Hall of Fame.

Final Team
Bubba (Venusaur) L80
Moves:
Razor Leaf
Sleep Powder
Leech Seed
Body Slam

Dux (Farfetch'd) L5 (HM Slave)
Moves:
Peck
Sand Attack
Fly
Cut

Lapras L15 (HM Slave)
Moves:
Psywave
Blizzard
Surf
Strength

 

[Itstoppedatumbreon]

sign me up for a ultimate salamence run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
woop

 

[jdthebud]

All right, so I have started the Johto leg of my Ultimate Solo Challenge with my Growlithe/Arcanine named Fireheart using SoulSilver.

• Started the game, named myself Cyrus again
• Chose Totodile for HM slavability, named him Croc
• Went to Mr. POkemon's house while running away from every wild encounter
• Got the Mystery Egg and a Pokedex
• On my way back to New Bark Town, fought my rival who I later named Zane again, beat Chikorita with my L5 Croc, Croc leveled up
• Delivered the Mystery Egg, got some Poke balls from Lyra, and caught a Hoothoot named Winger.
• On Mountain Road, caught a Geodude named Mack.
• Caught a Rattata as trade bait
• In Cherrytown, hack traded a Growlithe egg for Rattata
• Hatched Growlithe, named it Fireheart
• Fought a few wild pokemon and leveled Fireheart up to L4.
• Battled a couple trainers, Fireheart now at L5.

That's all for now.

Team Cyrus:

Fireheart (Growlithe, M) - L5
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Bite, Roar

Winger (Hoothoot, M) - L3
Nature: Docile
Ability: Insomnia
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Foresight

Mack (Geodude, M) - L3
Nature: Bold
Ability: Rock Head
Moves: Tackle, Defense Curl

Croc (Totodile, M) - L6
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Scratch, Leer, Water Gun

 

[Lord_Storm]

Im doing an ultimate solo with Charizard, and I'v done one with a Venusaur as shown in the pictures below. I'll post my pics of my Charizard run soon.

Fire Red

Emerald

Diamond

I've lost my picture of my Silver Run though.

I have completed the Kanto part of my charizard solo now, Pictures below:

 

[kevcrash]

First update, a lot happened
I hacked in Ponyta at the beginning and caught it at level 2 (Only knew Ember, and of course no new moves after that until level 30) But, here's the deets:

Spoiler:

Grinded for an hour about,

Then while training...

And that's where I left off.
Here's Rapidash's stuff:

Level 56
- Ember
- Body Slam
- Fire Spin
- Take Down

Pidgey (Fly slave) Level 13
Abra (Flash slave) Level 12
Bulbasaur (Cut slave) Level 8

 

[Got milk?]

Hey, I'M new

Decided to do a solo On emerald with a Baltoy.

Will post updates later ;D

 

[jdthebud]

Ok, here's update on my Ultimate Solo Arcanine run, now on SS. Done quite a bit since last time.

• Got to Violet City, destroyed Sprout Tower.
• Battled Faulkner. Fireheart was underleveled so it took a couple potions before Pidgeotto finally went down.
• Got Rock Smash, taught it to Mack.
• Battled through Union Cave to Azalea Town.
• Cleaned up Slowpoke Well of Team Rocket, crushed Bugsy with Fireheart.
• Firheart handled Zane as well.
• Got Cut in Ilex Forest, taught it to Croc.
• Reached Goldenrod, battled the underground, got a Radio Card.
• Battled Whitney. It took a couple Super Potions and a couple resets since Attract kept immobilizing Fireheart. Finally started hitting with Flame Wheel and was able to take Miltank down. I ended up switching him out and fainting my other Pokemon healing Fireheart while Miltank was using Rollout, and Miltank did not use Attract again for some reason.

Saved the game after beating Whitney, am on my way to National Park and Ecruteak City.

Team Cyrus:

Fireheart (Growlithe, M) - L23 @ Shell Bell
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Bite, Flame Wheel, Ember, Headbutt

Mack (Geodude, M) - L4
Nature: Bold
Ability: Rock Head
Moves: Tackle, Defense Curl

Croc (Totodile, M) - L6
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Scratch, Leer, Water Gun, Cut

Winger (Hoothoot, M) - L5 (boxed)
Nature: Docile
Ability: Insomnia
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Foresight, Hypnosis

 

[Lord_Storm]

I have half completed my Silver part of the Ultimate Solo and will start the Kanto half in a while.

Spoiler:

I started at Lake of Rage after defeating the Gyarados and headed to Team Rockets Hideout and defeated everyone easily.

I then challenged the gym and found it incredibly easy because it's ice type and Charizard OHKOd almost every thing.

I headed to Goldenrod to take on Team Rocket after getting a call from Professor Elm and the weaklings were so easy to defeat.

I headed to Blackthorn and took on the gym, and with Wing Attack, my wins were kind of easy.

I then headed to the Pokemon League and near the end, I challenged my rival and like always, I came out ontop.

I then entered the Pokemon League, challenging the league hoping for the best.

After crushing the Elite Four and the Champion I was finally admitted into the Pokemon League as the new Champion.

But...It isn't over yet.

UPDATE:

Spoiler:

I went to Kanto and took on the gym leaders in the order of:
Surge, Sabrina, Erika, Misty, Janine, Brock, Blaine, Blue.

I then headed up Mt. Silver to challenge Red and defeated him with OHKO's on each except for Espeon and Snorlax.

I will start on the Hoenn part now.

 

[Cholo]

I started solo running a couple of days ago with a growlithe I named Scrap on Soul Silver
I traded him in as an egg and, unfortunately, the person who traded him to me used a parent with HM Strength, but I'm dealin with it. Been using Togepi as an HM slave.
At this point I've gotten to Goldenrod and lost to Whitney's Miltank once. Gonna challenge her again at some point today.
Scrap's lv 23, ithink :)

 

[Lord_Storm]

Charizard (Blast) Ultimate Solo (Hoenn) Update.

I am on my way to Fortree, just got Berries from the Berry Master and will head through tall grass soon.

Spoiler:

Started with Charmander, saved Birch and named him Blast. I headed out to battle May and wound up victorious.

I headed back to Birch, got a Pokedex, Pokeballs and headed towards Petalburg. I helped Wally catch a Ralts and headed to Rustboro to fight Roxanne, the gym leader.

It was an average battle, with me having the disadvantage, but I took advantage of my level and Special moves, Ember, and won. I then defeated Team Aqua (again) and found May for another battle.

Her team was still much too weak for Blast and I continue on to Dewford Town. I took a ride with Mr. Briney and then headed into Granite Cave to deliver a letter to Steven. After that I challenged the gym.

His Machop and Meditite went down with ease, but even with the level advantage, Makuhita's Bulk Up and Vital Throw combo proved tough...but not too tough. I went to Slateport, delivered the Devon Goods, defeated Team Aqua (again!) and headed up north. I challenged May when I saw her and defeated her rapidly.

I headed towards Mauville, took down Wally and challenged the gym.It wasn't long before only the gym leader stood before me, but Blast showed his strength with his new fire attack, Flamethrower, and even with paralysis, he went down.

I then headed to see Wally, get Strength and left for Lavaridge. I took many detours, through unknown towns and against ravaging fiery foes and defeated their leader.

After the battle, I finally arrived in Lavaridge. I challenged the gym and finally I found Flannery.

She went down quickly from my Charizard and his insane Wing Attacks and on my way out, I saw May again, but she didn't want to fight. I then left to go back to Petalburg for a gym battle with my Dad, and after OHKOing all of his pokemon and 2HKOing his Slaking, I was awarded a gym badge.

I then headed back to Mauville and headed west towards Fortree City and met Steven again and headed to meet the Berry Master. I grew tired after all of the battling and adventuring and decided to rest by saving the game and setting up a bed for the night.

Blast:

 

[Cholo]

So Beat Whitney..
Went off to Ecruteak
Caught a Meowth To Pal Around with
Went through Burned Tower
Destroyed the Rocket who was harassing the Kimono Girl
Took on Morty and Lost :/
Morty's Gengar and Haunter are Killing Me

At the gym with..

Scrap Lv. 29
Bite
Fire Fang
Strength
Iron Tail

 

[jdthebud]

Took on Morty and Lost :/
Morty's Gengar and Haunter are Killing Me

Heheh, I know the feeling. Fireheart was at L30 when I faced Morty, and I got lucky the second time when Gengar used Mean Look, Fireheart used Bite, then Gengar missed with Hypnosis and Fireheart got the second Bite for the KO. No Shadow Ball = win. You'll eventually get through it, but Chuck is just as difficult with DT/Focus Punch/Rock Slide Primeape and Poliwrath with Hypnosis/Surf/Focus Punch. Good luck!

And now, on to my own Ultimate Solo run with Growlithe/Arcanine named Fireheart, currently on SoulSilver. Lots of stuff happened since last time. I'm currently waiting till this afternoon (Wed) for Schoolboy Alan to call me so I can get a Fire Stone to evolve Fireheart into Arcanine.

• On the way to Ecruteak, picked up the free Spearow named Kenya because I forgot I had already caught a Hoothoot named Winger lol.
• So I got to Ecruteak City, fought Zane in the Burned Tower, released the beasts.
• Got surf from the weird old guy after "saving" the Kimono Girl in the Dance Theatre.
• Challenged the Ecruteak Gym, lost once to Morty, then was able to beat Morty due to Gengar not using Shadow Ball (Gengar at L25 outspeeds Fireheart at L30).
• Went east and got Strength from the Hiker, taught it to Mack.
• Went down to Olivine, fought my way up the Lighthouse and talked to Jasmine.
• Surfed to Cianwood, picked up the SecretPotion and challenged the Cianwood Gym to get Fly.
• Chuck was a nightmare. I lost a couple times before I was able to put down Primape with taking damage by hitting through DT, then went ahead and used Mack as a revive sacrifice after Poliwrath killed Fireheart and Croc as a heal sacrifice, then threw Fireheart back out there and prayed Poliwrath wouldn't use Surf. He didn't, and Intimidite helped bring down Focus Punch's power when I used a full heal after Hypnosis hit once. Fireheart was able to get a flinch off of Headbutt before the final Headbutt killed Poliwrath, and it was finally over. Just a total nightmare.
• Got fly, taught it to Kenya, and went back to Olivine.
• Gave the SecretPotion to Ampharos, then destroyed Jasmine with Flamethrower.
• Went to Mahogany Town from Ecruteak after a quick exploration of Mt. Mortar and also encountering Suicine.
• At Mahogany Town, went north to the Lake of Rage, killed Gyarados, talked to Lance.
• Back in Mahogany Town, found the Hideout and cleared it out very easily, as Fireheart was about 10-20 levels above pretty much everyone.
• Challenged the Gym, destroyed Pryce with Flamethrower.
• After a call from Prof. Elm, went back to Goldenrod to stop TR once and for all.
• After a long grindfest and one Zane beatdown later, Team Rocket was disbanded again. Seriously though, why not evolve that Koffing, Archer?

Isn't TR supposed to be loaded? I've gotten more money from random trainers lol.

Now that Fireheart has learned all the moves I want him to learn as Growlithe, it's time to evolve him to Arcanine and find a Heart Scale to teach it ExtremeSpeed. I do need a Fire Stone too, as I mentioned above. I am saved just outside Mahogany Town, but I'm not going to go any further until I get that Fire Stone.

Team Cyrus:

Fireheart (Growlithe, M) - L50 @ Shell Bell
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Crunch, Flare Blitz, Flamethrower, Headbutt

Mack (Geodude, M) - L16
Nature: Bold
Ability: Rock Head
Moves: Dig, Headbutt, Rock Smash, Strength

Croc (Totodile, M) - L7
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Scratch, Whirlpool, Surf, Cut

Kenya (Spearow, F) - L20 @ Grass Mail
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Fly, Fury Attack, Pursuit, Aerial Ace

 

[Cholo]

but Chuck is just as difficult with DT/Focus Punch/Rock Slide Primeape and Poliwrath with Hypnosis/Surf/Focus Punch. Good luck!

I'm currently waiting till this afternoon (Wed) for Schoolboy Alan to call me so I can get a Fire Stone to evolve Fireheart into Arcanine.

Yeh I'm definitely not looking forward to Chuck, I've been dreading him since I started the solo run. Oh and I'm waitin on that firestone too haha..


Kay soo
After losing to Morty a second time I took a different approach.

• Went off on My way to Olivine grabbing trainer XP on the way
• Restored a Miltank to Full Health haha..
• Trained at the Lighthouse Tower
• Got Back from the Tower with Scrap at Lv 33!
• Rode ma Bicycle back to uh... Morty's haha..
• Lost... (How does Gengar still attack first!!)
• Then Won!! (Gengar= Mean Look + Failed Hypnosis)
• Grabbed Marla and headed down to Azelea Town
• Picked up some of Kurt's balls
• Caught a Slowpoke, named it Tim, and taught it Surf
• Took Union Cave back to Violet City
• Ran into Entei surfing near Violet.. I just wanted apricorns...
• Made my way back to Olivine where I stocked up on Super Potions and Super Repels (I hate Tenta-anythingss..)

Currently on my way to the much dreaded Cianwood Gym with..

Scrap Lv 34
Bite
Flamethrower
Strength
Iron Tail

Tim w/ Surf

Marla w/ Cut

Wish me Luck!

 

[Ataraxia]

I'm going to put my Ultimate Scizor Solo on hold for the time being, RL is being highly irritating and not letting me do shtuff. :S

 

[Lord_Storm]

Charizard Ultimate Solo - Hoenn

Update 2

Spoiler:

-I headed up through Route 119 (damn rain) and got to the weather institute and faced Team Aqua and on of their admins.

-After that, I headed to Fortree City only to meet May and to show her my terrible camera skills.

-I went to meet Steven to get the Devon Scope and then went to bash Winona.

-I went down to Lilycove and met up with May again for our final battle (wheres the Swampert?!?!).

-I then went to Mt.Pyre, trained in the mountain and got some cash from selling the trash there and then went to Mt.Chimney and fought my way through.

-I then headed to Slateport and then to Lilycove to stop Archie, but was too late because of my ice cream at Slateport (:

-I then headed to Mossdeep to take on the gym leaders and to defeat Maxie in a double battle with Steven (what is it with double battles and Mossdeep).

-I then headed to the underground ruins or whatever and defeated Team Aqua and Archie

-I then headed to Sootopolis to find out that I had to save the world from crazy ravaging beasts, so I saved the world and then got in some grinding in the gym and then defeated Juan.

Blast:

Update 3:

Spoiler:

-I continued on and headed to Ever Grande City, went into Victory Road and saw Wally who challenged me to a battle.

-I continued through Victory Road until I emerged at the League and challenged them
Sidney

Phoebe

Glacia

Drake

And finally, Wallace

This was simple!

I then did some grinding in trainer rematches and then left for Meteor Falls to challenge the true champion, Steven

Blast:

So all I have left is the Sinnoh part of my ultimate solo, which will come in a while after I complete my 12type challenge.

 

[jdthebud]

• Rode ma Bicycle back to uh... Morty's haha..
• Lost... (How does Gengar still attack first!!)
• Then Won!! (Gengar= Mean Look + Failed Hypnosis)

It's a waiting game lol.

Okay, time for an update! It took a while but I got a Fire Stone from Alan and used it right away! Arcanine FTW! Probably my favorite Pokemon, with Staraptor a close second lol.

Right now I'm about to challenge the Elite 4. Here are the deets. It's so hard to take screenshots in HG/SS because there's no pause after a battle...

Spoiler:

• I went through Ice Path after evolving Fireheart into Arcanine.
• Flew to Cianwood and went north to the rocks up there, started smashing them.
• After a while, I finally got a Heart Scale and used it in
• Challenged the gym and was able to win, although I had to revive Fireheart once. Kingdra missed once with Hydro Pump so I was able to take it down with 70 HP left. Then one Dragonair used Aqua Tail, which didn't kill Fireheart, I then used a Hyper Potion, but the final Dragonair didn't have Aqua Tail apparently, so it was unneeded.
  
  
  
  
  Well, I did use items...
  
  
• Did the Dragon's Den quest and picked up a Dragon Fang.
• Went back home and talked to Elm, who said that the Kimino Girls were waiting for me.
• Flew to Ecruteak, destroyed the Kimono Girls, then got a message that Lugia was active (what a coincidence!).
• Bought 164 Max Repels (seriously!) with the rest of my money, then went exploring the Whirl Islands.
  
  
  
  
  Found Lugia!!! and killed it of course.
  
  
• Went back to New Bark Town and surfed east, eventually making my way to Victory Road.
• At the exit, fought Zane again, who didn't stand a chance.
  
  
  
  
  For some reason, I think you're wrong...
  
  
• Exited Victory Road and arrived at Indigo Plateau
• Then I realized that I forgot to get Dragon Pulse from Clair, so I went back to Blackthorn to get it. I think I'm gonnna need that against Lance, although I'm not sure what to forget...hmmm...
• I am about to challenge the Elite 4 with just Fireheart, no revive sacrafices.

Take note of my incredible camera skills...:D

Team Cyrus:

Fireheart (Arcanine, M) - L59 @ Shell Bell
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Crunch, Flare Blitz, Flamethrower, ExtremeSpeed

Mack, Croc, and Kenya are boxed for the Elite Four.
I also taught Flash to Togepi (L1, boxed) for the Whirl Islands.

__________

Eidt: Elite Four Update!

So I got through the Elite Four pretty easily, but the Champion Lance was no picnic, just like FireRed.
Read the spoiler for pictures and details.

Spoiler:

Fireheart Crunched Will to death, with a couple Flamethrowers for Jynx and Exeggutor.

Koga was OHKOed. Flare Blitz damaged Fireheart a bit.

Bruno went down easily enough. The damage you see here is most from Flare Blitz and Hitmonchan's Thunderpunch.

Karen was easy too. Houndoom was taken care of by two ExtremeSpeeds, and the rest went down to Flamethrower or Flare Blitz.

All by his lonesome, Fireheart braves the dragons...

Lance was horrible. The Intimidite by Gyarados is really damaging to Fireheart, as I decided not to teach Fireheart Dragon Pulse, so my two attacking moves, Crunch and ExtremeSpeed, were both attack based. I used Flare Blitz on Aerodactyl, as Crunch and ExtremeSpeed were both 3HKO while Flare Blitz was a 2HKO, but I couldn't use Flare Blitz on anyone else as the recoil damage was too much for Fireheart to survive. The Shell Bell really helped Fireheart survive some of those Outrages/Dragon Rushes, and I had to use healing items at least every third turn to fight another day. Was able to survive the Paralysis against Charizard, his final Pokemon, with ExtremeSpeed. Eventually I was able to make it through after 4 or 5 resets, and I was crowned Champion!

Confetti FTW!

Right now I'm on the S.S. Aqua going to Vermilion and the second half of the game. Only a couple updates away from the Hoenn region!

Team Cyrus:

Fireheart (Arcanine, M) - L62 @ Shell Bell
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Crunch, Flare Blitz, Flamethrower, ExtremeSpeed

Mack (Geodude, M) - L16
Nature: Bold
Ability: Rock Head
Moves: Dig, Headbutt, Rock Smash, Strength

Croc (Totodile, M) - L9
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Waterfall, Whirlpool, Surf, Cut

Kenya (Spearow, F) - L20 @ Grass Mail
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Fly, Fury Attack, Pursuit, Aerial Ace

 

[Zeko]

Alright, I'll do this challenge on Soul Silver.

BTW my old account is joeyijoeyi, and I'm already signed up on RBY for Nidoking, just remove me from that, OK?

I'll do it with Slowpoke/Slowbro.

:) I'll start later because I hate making eggs xD

 

[jdthebud]

Well I ended up powering through Kanto in one shot. Lots of pictures in the spoilers! I will start the Hoenn region in a bit. I have some RL issues to deal with as well as other ongoing challenges, so it might be a little while.

Spoiler:

I ended up cutting out the bottom screen of most of the screenshots in an effort to save room.
In order of defeat:

Nothing special here. Just overpowered him.

Crunch FTW. OHKOed everything in the gym.

Well, Fireheart is a fire Pokemon...

Not much happened here either. Janine is the weakest Gym Leader by far. Most of the damage is from Flare Blitz (as is the damage against Erica).

After fixing the Power Plant and battling through Rt 24, Crunch and ExtremeSpeed were enough to take care of business.

• A quick insert here. After getting the Expansion Radio Card, I woke up Snorlax, then caught with my Master Ball on account of being lazy. I then switched out Fireheart's Shell Bell for the more reliable Leftovers that Snorlax was holding - this is the only sure-fire place to get Leftovers on HGSS, as the restaurant in Celadon doesn't have one anymore.

I actually lost once due to a stupid use of Flare Blitz with 20 HP left, but it was all good. Brock's Pokemon resist three of Fireheart's moves, and Crunch is physical, so their high Defense came into play. Flamethrower was able to do some damage against the normal rock-types due to their low Special Defense, but Omastar and Kabutops were pains in the butt.

On the way through Mt. Moon, fought Zane for the last set location battle against him (the rest are based on days of the week). Fireheart got paralyzed as you can see but his team has a large weakness to fire, especially without a water Pokemon.

Easy enough with only three Pokemon. Rapidash's Bounce paralyzed Fireheart, but it didn't matter much.

Had to use a couple healing items, but made it through. One stupid move that Blue made was having his Arcanine use Roar, which got rid of Fireheart's double Intimidated status. After Croc fainted, Arcanine came back out and ExtremSpeeded for the KO. Pidgeot (Why is this his strongest Pokemon?) was one shotted by Flare Blitz.

After defeating Blue, I went back up to Indigo Plateau to challenge the Elite Four again, their Pokemon teams stronger than ever. I started the run at L84, and once again, my only trouble was with Lance. I forgot to deposit my HM slaves this time around, and while I never had to use a revive sacrifice, they helped out in an unexpected (and stupid) way in the battle against Lance.

This...took a while. I taught Fireheart Dragon Pulse, forgetting Flamethrower in order to make it much easier to deal with the dragons. I had to reset a few times so I could figure out the right move order and when to use items. I was in no danger of running out, having started the E4 run with 100 Full Restores :D. Well, Lance has Slamance kead, who has Intimidite, then Gyrados was next, who also has Intimidate, so my Attack was really lacking after that. For some reason, Lance's L75 Dragonite has Draco Meteor instead of Outrage, which doesn't complement Dragonite's high Attack/average Special Attack stats very well, as well as Draco Meteor's stat-lowering effect. Anyway, after beating Dragonite pretty easily with Dragon Pulse, I was in danger of running out of PP for it, when Garchomp comes along and tries to use Roar, fails, and then Fireheart 2HKOed him with his last 2 Dragon Pulses. If Fireheart had been alone, Garchomp might have KOed Fireheart with Earthquake, although using Roar on a Pokemon that has been Intimidated twice and has Intimidate as an ability is a stupid idea. I was able to take down Altaria (downgrade, lol - Kingdra would have been much better, and also would have been a nightmare for Fireheart to deal with, especially with no Dragon Pulses left) and Charizard with repeated Crunches, even if they didn't do much with Fireheart's lowered Attack. Crunch was able to lower Defense a couple times, which helped a lot.

Hall of Fame for the second time (first for HM slaves). Got Fireheart's little bio there too.

After teaching Rock Climb to Mack and finding the Flamthrower TM outside Mt. Silver and replacing Dragon Pulse with it, it was time to climb the mountain! I did find Moltres and killed it. Then I found Red admiring the view as the King of the Hill .

Finally beat him! It took like 45 minutes to beat him. Pikachu was OHKOed with Flare Blast. Blastoise for some reason never used his Hydro Cannon, instead using Focus Blast. I was able to take it down with Crunches. Lapras went down to a couple Flamethrowers + Burn damage. Venusaur was OHKOed by Flare Blast. I finally got wise to when Snorlax would use Giga Impact (to use a Full Restore), and Snorlax's Crunch stopped lowering Fireheart's Defense as well, so I was finally able to take him down, then Charizard was easy in comparison. 2 Crunches + a Flare Blast was enough to finally beat Red and complete the Johto region, if not in a dignified manner (lol, Full Restores galore).

• Just realized I never killed Suicine...oh well.

Team Cyrus (Final):

Fireheart (Arcanine, M) - L88 @ Leftovers
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Crunch, Flare Blitz, Flamethrower, ExtremeSpeed

His final stats:

Mack (Geodude, M) - L16
Nature: Bold
Ability: Rock Head
Moves: Dig, Rock Climb, Rock Smash, Strength

Croc (Totodile, M) - L24
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Waterfall, Whirlpool, Surf, Cut

Kenya (Spearow, F) - L24 @ Grass Mail
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Fly, Fury Attack, Pursuit, Aerial Ace

And my Trainer Card: